Parts of Speech
... New York City for the big Thanksgiving Day parade. (2.) Even on cold days when strong winds or light rain might scare away spectators, the parade is on schedule. (3) The crowd lines the parade route and will stay until the last float has driven out of sight. (4) ...
... New York City for the big Thanksgiving Day parade. (2.) Even on cold days when strong winds or light rain might scare away spectators, the parade is on schedule. (3) The crowd lines the parade route and will stay until the last float has driven out of sight. (4) ...
Middle of the Year Test NAME
... 13. _______________ is a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as. 14. A comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing is a ________________. 15. ____________ is the contrast between what is expected and what really happens. 16. _____________ is ...
... 13. _______________ is a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as. 14. A comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing is a ________________. 15. ____________ is the contrast between what is expected and what really happens. 16. _____________ is ...
Parts of a Sentence
... A clause is a group of related words, containing both a subject and a predicate: A) Main orIndependent Clause A main or independent clause is a clause that can stand by itself as a simple sentence. If there is more than one clause in a sentence, each one of the clauses can act as a main clause, join ...
... A clause is a group of related words, containing both a subject and a predicate: A) Main orIndependent Clause A main or independent clause is a clause that can stand by itself as a simple sentence. If there is more than one clause in a sentence, each one of the clauses can act as a main clause, join ...
Exam Review 2007-2008 When given a sentence, identify the parts
... nouns and pronouns to other words in a sentence and show their relationship. They can function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs. They will always have an object of the preposition (noun or pronoun). Example: Walking to school, Ms. Stevens discovered an injured bird. The participial phrase is describ ...
... nouns and pronouns to other words in a sentence and show their relationship. They can function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs. They will always have an object of the preposition (noun or pronoun). Example: Walking to school, Ms. Stevens discovered an injured bird. The participial phrase is describ ...
Language
... • How you describe your idea using the 2 parts forms a sentence. • what you are talking about = Complete Subject ...
... • How you describe your idea using the 2 parts forms a sentence. • what you are talking about = Complete Subject ...
DGP Student Notes -
... Possessive pronouns don’t use apostrophes (hers, its, ours, yours, etc.) Be sure you have a real word before your apostrophe: children’s toys, not childrens’ toys If the word is plural and ends in a s, add apostrophe only: dogs’ owners Treat singular nouns ending in s just like any other singular no ...
... Possessive pronouns don’t use apostrophes (hers, its, ours, yours, etc.) Be sure you have a real word before your apostrophe: children’s toys, not childrens’ toys If the word is plural and ends in a s, add apostrophe only: dogs’ owners Treat singular nouns ending in s just like any other singular no ...
realize that in learning terms, you often need to understand one term
... cannot stand alone. It needs to be attached to a main clause in order to make sense. A subordinate clause can function be either adjectival, adverbial, or noun. 15. Adjectival Clauses is introduced by relative pronouns (who, whose, whom which, that) or relative adverbials (where, when, why) Who is n ...
... cannot stand alone. It needs to be attached to a main clause in order to make sense. A subordinate clause can function be either adjectival, adverbial, or noun. 15. Adjectival Clauses is introduced by relative pronouns (who, whose, whom which, that) or relative adverbials (where, when, why) Who is n ...
Notes on grammar
... A noun answers the questions ‘What?’ or ‘Who?’ There are common nouns — cat, wombat, thought — and proper nouns — Sally, Brisbane, Queensland, Friday. Proper nouns are capitalised. Like other forms of vocabulary, nouns can denote the literal meaning of a word and also provide connotations of emotion ...
... A noun answers the questions ‘What?’ or ‘Who?’ There are common nouns — cat, wombat, thought — and proper nouns — Sally, Brisbane, Queensland, Friday. Proper nouns are capitalised. Like other forms of vocabulary, nouns can denote the literal meaning of a word and also provide connotations of emotion ...
Clauses
... Predicate nominative… after linking verb Direct object … after action verb Indirect object … after AV but before DO Object of preposition… after preposition ...
... Predicate nominative… after linking verb Direct object … after action verb Indirect object … after AV but before DO Object of preposition… after preposition ...
VERBALS (Gerunds, Participles, Infinitives)
... An infinitive is a verbal consisting of the word to plus a verb (in its simplest "stem" form) and functioning as a noun, adjective, or adverb. The infinitive may function as a subject, direct object, subject complement, adjective, or adverb in a sentence. Although an infinitive is easy to locate bec ...
... An infinitive is a verbal consisting of the word to plus a verb (in its simplest "stem" form) and functioning as a noun, adjective, or adverb. The infinitive may function as a subject, direct object, subject complement, adjective, or adverb in a sentence. Although an infinitive is easy to locate bec ...
common grammar vocabulary
... Indefinite Pronouns – does not name the words they replace. everyone other everything each anybody nothing somebody something no one none Examples: Anybody can see the lamp is broken. No one was home, so we left a note. Somebody should pick up the children’s toys. Demonstrative Pronouns – points ...
... Indefinite Pronouns – does not name the words they replace. everyone other everything each anybody nothing somebody something no one none Examples: Anybody can see the lamp is broken. No one was home, so we left a note. Somebody should pick up the children’s toys. Demonstrative Pronouns – points ...
4-L-CV101
... Many adverbs are formed by adding ly to the end of an adjective. Example: soft (adjective) to softly (adverb) Hint: when an adjective ends in –y, you need to change the ‘y’ to ‘i’ before adding ‘ly’. Example: angry (adjective) to angrily (adverb) As a follow up remind students of the role of these ...
... Many adverbs are formed by adding ly to the end of an adjective. Example: soft (adjective) to softly (adverb) Hint: when an adjective ends in –y, you need to change the ‘y’ to ‘i’ before adding ‘ly’. Example: angry (adjective) to angrily (adverb) As a follow up remind students of the role of these ...
incomplete or missing participial phrases
... Participial phrases generally occur after nouns. They are actually reduced (shortened) relative clauses. Present participles (which always end in -ing) are used to reduce adjective clauses that contain active verbs. Minnesota, which joined the Union in 1858, became the thirty-second state. (adjectiv ...
... Participial phrases generally occur after nouns. They are actually reduced (shortened) relative clauses. Present participles (which always end in -ing) are used to reduce adjective clauses that contain active verbs. Minnesota, which joined the Union in 1858, became the thirty-second state. (adjectiv ...
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... How many adverbs are in this sentence: 'She ran quickly and quietly down the stairs, carefully avoiding the dog who was sleeping soundly at the bottom.' A ...
... How many adverbs are in this sentence: 'She ran quickly and quietly down the stairs, carefully avoiding the dog who was sleeping soundly at the bottom.' A ...
Noun/Pronoun functions Subject—this is the noun or pronoun that
... Object pronouns and reflexive pronouns are ALWAYS objects in a sentence (no exceptions). These types of pronouns can also be objects: demonstrative pronouns, interrogative pronouns, relative pronouns, and indefinite pronouns. Examples: a. b. c. d. ...
... Object pronouns and reflexive pronouns are ALWAYS objects in a sentence (no exceptions). These types of pronouns can also be objects: demonstrative pronouns, interrogative pronouns, relative pronouns, and indefinite pronouns. Examples: a. b. c. d. ...
To use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity
... The three dots show where words have been left out. They are useful for leaving out irrelevant parts of a quotation when writing a news story. They can also be used to build tension in story writing by showing a pause in dialogue or narrative, or a character trailing off... ...
... The three dots show where words have been left out. They are useful for leaving out irrelevant parts of a quotation when writing a news story. They can also be used to build tension in story writing by showing a pause in dialogue or narrative, or a character trailing off... ...
Grammar Notes - Holly High School
... 3. The extremely popular American film Titanic was widely criticized for its mediocre script. 4. The greatest American film ever made Citizen Kane won only one Academy Award. 5. 60 Minutes the TV news magazine program featured a story on the once popular singer Whitney Houston. ...
... 3. The extremely popular American film Titanic was widely criticized for its mediocre script. 4. The greatest American film ever made Citizen Kane won only one Academy Award. 5. 60 Minutes the TV news magazine program featured a story on the once popular singer Whitney Houston. ...
Sentences, Clauses and Phrases
... But here’s a new question, is this a sentence? Peter ate dinner while he watched TV. Yes, this is a sentence. It is the sentence from an earlier slide (Peter ate dinner) with additional information added … now we know that Peter was doing two things at once, eating dinner and watching TV. Let’s tak ...
... But here’s a new question, is this a sentence? Peter ate dinner while he watched TV. Yes, this is a sentence. It is the sentence from an earlier slide (Peter ate dinner) with additional information added … now we know that Peter was doing two things at once, eating dinner and watching TV. Let’s tak ...
10 - CLAIR
... When people learn a new word, they learn its syntactic usage. – Examples: wug (n), cluvious (adj) – use them in sentences – Hard to come up with made up words: forkle, vleer, etc. all taken. ...
... When people learn a new word, they learn its syntactic usage. – Examples: wug (n), cluvious (adj) – use them in sentences – Hard to come up with made up words: forkle, vleer, etc. all taken. ...
open and
... Meaning: the meaning of items that belong to closed word classes is structural, whereas that of open word classes is lexical. Closed word classes tend to appear towards the beginning of larger units to which they belong. That is why they are often considered markers of the units they introduce: e.g. ...
... Meaning: the meaning of items that belong to closed word classes is structural, whereas that of open word classes is lexical. Closed word classes tend to appear towards the beginning of larger units to which they belong. That is why they are often considered markers of the units they introduce: e.g. ...
words - bsstudent
... • In the sentence: The man is sitting on a chair, even though the action doesn't show much activity, sitting is the verb of the sentence. ...
... • In the sentence: The man is sitting on a chair, even though the action doesn't show much activity, sitting is the verb of the sentence. ...
Finding common nouns and determiners
... Find the determiners Reminder: • A ‘determiner’ is really a pronoun (n) that stands before a common noun (N). • The determiner is grammatically necessary if the common noun is: – singular and – countable (i.e. names a countable unit). ...
... Find the determiners Reminder: • A ‘determiner’ is really a pronoun (n) that stands before a common noun (N). • The determiner is grammatically necessary if the common noun is: – singular and – countable (i.e. names a countable unit). ...